Capresso Perfectea 260 Heating Dome Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          30 - 45 minutes

Sections

Lid
2 steps
Handle
4 steps
Heating Dome
6 steps

Flags

BackCapresso Perfectea 260
Full Screen
Options
History
Save to Favorites
Download PDF
Edit
Translate
Get Shareable Link
Embed This Guide
Notify Me of Changes
Stop Notifications

What you need

Step 1

Lid

Lift the lid of the Perfectea
Remove the two 12mm Phillips #2 screws located at the brim of the pot.

Lift the lid of the Perfectea

Remove the two 12mm Phillips #2 screws located at the brim of the pot.

1024

Step 2

Adhesive tape is left holding the lid to the glass pot.
Use the spudger for this step.
With one hand, firmly grip the lid while designating your other hand to wedge the spudger between the lid and the glass pot.
Working from the outside to the inside, gently pry the adhesive tape from the glass pot, detaching the lid.

Adhesive tape is left holding the lid to the glass pot.

Use the spudger for this step.

With one hand, firmly grip the lid while designating your other hand to wedge the spudger between the lid and the glass pot.

Working from the outside to the inside, gently pry the adhesive tape from the glass pot, detaching the lid.

Step 3

              Handle

Use the plastic opening tool for this step.
Firmly grip the glass pot with one hand while using the other to slip the flat end of the plastic opening tool between the glass pot and the adhesive tape holding the handle to the glass pot.
Gently pry the adhesive tape from the glass pot. Work your way around the handle until the handle is loose and not attached to the pot anymore.

Use the plastic opening tool for this step.

Firmly grip the glass pot with one hand while using the other to slip the flat end of the plastic opening tool between the glass pot and the adhesive tape holding the handle to the glass pot.

Gently pry the adhesive tape from the glass pot. Work your way around the handle until the handle is loose and not attached to the pot anymore.

Step 4

Once the handle is loose, locate the four 10 mm Phillips #2 screws from the base of the Perfectea and remove them.
Remove the base.

Once the handle is loose, locate the four 10 mm Phillips #2 screws from the base of the Perfectea and remove them.

Remove the base.

Step 5

Locate the two 10 mm Phillips #2 screws at the bottom of the handle and remove them.

Locate the two 10 mm Phillips #2 screws at the bottom of the handle and remove them.

Step 6

In order to free the bottom of the handle, remove the plastic piece that was held by the two screws
While firmly holding the glass pot, gently slide the bottom of the handle up and out of the base of the pot.

In order to free the bottom of the handle, remove the plastic piece that was held by the two screws

While firmly holding the glass pot, gently slide the bottom of the handle up and out of the base of the pot.

Step 7

              Heating Dome

The bottom panel has four wires that latch on to four tabs.
Use the metal spudger to pry up one metal tab in the latch.
Apply pressure with the metal spudger to the other tab on the latch to slide off tab.
Repeat for the remaining three tabs.
The bottom panel should now be disconnected from the rest of the kettle.
Take note of which cable attaches to which tab so that you will remember how to reconnect the wires properly. Using masking tape to mark which wire goes to which terminal is helpful.
Do not push tabs too forcefully otherwise you may damage your device or impale yourself.

The bottom panel has four wires that latch on to four tabs.

Use the metal spudger to pry up one metal tab in the latch.

Apply pressure with the metal spudger to the other tab on the latch to slide off tab.

Repeat for the remaining three tabs.

The bottom panel should now be disconnected from the rest of the kettle.

Take note of which cable attaches to which tab so that you will remember how to reconnect the wires properly. Using masking tape to mark which wire goes to which terminal is helpful.

Do not push tabs too forcefully otherwise you may damage your device or impale yourself.

Step 8

Remove the 7mm nut using needlenose pliers or a 7mm nut driver.
Remove the metal washer and red washer that is under the nut.
Wiggle loose and remove the metal brace.

Remove the 7mm nut using needlenose pliers or a 7mm nut driver.

Remove the metal washer and red washer that is under the nut.

Wiggle loose and remove the metal brace.

Step 9

Remove the metal spacer and washer from the central threaded rod.

Remove the metal spacer and washer from the central threaded rod.

Step 10

Remove the base wall.

Remove the base wall.

Step 11

Wedge a plastic opening tool under the rubber seal on the inside of the kettle.
Work the plastic opening tool around to loosen the seal and push the heating dome out of its hole.
The heating dome is wedged in the bottom very firmly and will fly out its position suddenly if not controlled. Make sure you are holding the top side of the heating dome while pushing from the bottom so that it does not hit the side of the kettle and shatter the glass.
Remove the heating dome from the kettle.

Wedge a plastic opening tool under the rubber seal on the inside of the kettle.

Work the plastic opening tool around to loosen the seal and push the heating dome out of its hole.

The heating dome is wedged in the bottom very firmly and will fly out its position suddenly if not controlled. Make sure you are holding the top side of the heating dome while pushing from the bottom so that it does not hit the side of the kettle and shatter the glass.

Remove the heating dome from the kettle.

Step 12

Peel the seal off of the heating element.
Draw the two temperature probe wires through the seal.

Peel the seal off of the heating element.

Draw the two temperature probe wires through the seal.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      3 other people completed this guide.

Author

                                      with 1 other contributor

                    Kenji Anzai

Member since: 04/14/2015

588 Reputation

                                      4 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       14







                                                        +11 more badges

Team

                       Cal Poly, Team 6-17, Maness Spring 2015                        

                                                  Member of Cal Poly, Team 6-17, Maness Spring 2015 



                    CPSU-MANESS-S15S6G17                     


                                            4 Members                     


                                            6 Guides authored

yanpingye - Feb 10, 2016

Hi, great guide. I learned a lot from this. one question, do you know which site/store sells heating dome for capresso water boiler?? thank you!!!

Giovanni Ciriani - Sep 1, 2017

This guide applies almost identically to the Capresso H2O kettle, which doesn’t have the control board. Thanks for the guide.

What you need#

Team#

What you need

Team